Thursday, October 4, 2007

Odds and ends from high school sports

West golfers third at Seaman meet

The Jefferson West girls’ golf team recently placed third at the Seaman Invitational at Village Greens in Ozawkie.

The Tigers were led by an eighth-place finish by Kristen Brainard. Becca Cozadd placed ninth while Abbey Deiter was 11th, Karly Kennedy was 14th and Kyane Stortzum was 15th. Tana Kern placed 24th.

West will play host to the 18-hole regionals Tuesday at Village Greens. The top two teams and five individuals will move on to state the next week.


PLHS runners compete at two area meets

The Perry-Lecompton High School cross-country teams recently competed at meets in Tonganoxie and Horton.

Leading the boys to a ninth-place finish at Tonganoxie was Garrett Jones at 18:22, which qualifies him among the top 10 of all times in PLHS cross-country history. Additionally, Josh Payne earned 22nd with a time of 18:38 along with Philip Hinman finishing in 19:51, Ethan Merritt in 20:50, Lance Morris-Bohannan in 21:52, Michael Mallonee in 22:50, and Gage McMullin in 24:45.

Leading the girls to a fifth-place finish was Katie Hirsch in fourth at 16:01 and Maggie Kuhlman in 12th with 17:02. Additionally, Kerry Neil ran a 19:20, Sydney Allen finished at 19:26, Belai Mills at 20:03, Chelsea Cooley at 20:04 and Katie Beckwith at 22:30.

At Horton, Jones again led the boys varsity to a sixth-place finish with his fifth- place finish individually at 18:42 along with Payne at ninth at 19:12. Senior Philip Hinman medaled at 22nd with 20:14, and the remainder of the team results included Ethan Merritt (50th) 21:58, Gage McMullin (62nd) 22:50, Lance Morris-Bohannan (64th) 22:57, Micheal Mallonee (79th) 23:58, Cody Nichols (80th) 24:00 and Josh Hurst (81st) 24:01.

The girls varsity team earned second place behind Jackson Heights and continue to be led by sophomore Hirsch, who earned third at 16:52, and junior Kuhlman, who earned fifth at 18:15. Also medaling were Sydney Allen (16th) at 19:33, Chelsea Cooley (26th) at 20:22, and Belai Mills (29th) at 20:37. Also competing at the varsity level were Kerry Neill (35th) at 20:58, Katie Beckwith (39) 21:13, and Tayler Blodgett (40) 21:21.

The Kaws finish their regular season at Eudora on Oct. 4 and will host the Kaw Valley League meet at Perry Lake on Oct. 11.

County volleyball update

Sept. 25 games

Jefferson West def. Nemaha Valley, 18-25, 27-25, 25-14
Jefferson West def. Maur Hill Mt. Academy, 25-10, 25-22
Nemaha Valley def. Jefferson West, 25-21, 25-22 (JV)
Jefferson West def. MHMA, 25-20, 25-21 (JV)
• West’s varsity swept the home triangular while the JV split.

Oskaloosa def. Doniphan West, 25-23, 25-18
Oskaloosa def. McLouth, 25-16, 25-18
Doniphan West def. McLouth, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19
• The Bears swept two games at McLouth to move to 9-0 in the Delaware Valley League and 16-5 overall.Junior Nicole Rockhold had 18 kills on the day while junior Whitney Artman had 13 kills and senior Emily Heston had 33 assists and 9 aces. McLouth went 1-2 in the home triangular.


Sept. 22 games

Valley Falls tourney
Valley Falls def. McLouth, 25-18, 25-23
Oskaloosa def. Maranatha, 25-11, 25-9
Oskaloosa def. Valley Falls, 25-11, 25-14
McLouth def. Axtell, 16-25, 25-18, 26-24
B & B def. Valley Falls, 16-25, 25-23, 25-19
Oskaloosa def. McLouth, 25-16, 25-9
Valley Falls def. Maranatha, 25-12, 25-17
Oskaloosa def. B & B, 23-25, 25-16, 25-20
Oskaloosa def. Axtell, 25-15, 25-8
McLouth def. Maranatha, 25-18, 25-16
Valley Falls def. Axtell, 25-16, 25-15
B & B def. McLouth, 25-23, 25-19
• Oskaloosa won the tournament at 5-0 while Valley Falls was third at 3-2 and McLouth was fourth at 2-3. Oskaloosa improved to 21-5 overall as Artman and Rockhold were named to the all-tourney team. McLouth junior Kylie Shufflebarger also made the team, as did Valley Falls seniors Rebekah Bunde and Sadie Tichenor and junior Shelbie Glissman.

Silver Lake tourney
St. Marys def. Jeff. Co. North, 25-11, 25-14
JCN def. Jackson Heights, 25-17, 25-15
Sabetha def. JCN, 16-25, 25-16, 30-28
JCN def. Horton, 25-20, 25-6
Silver Lake def. JCN, 25-10, 25-16
JCN def. Lyndon, 25-22, 25-23 (3rd)
• The Chargers finished third at Silver Lake as they went 3-3 on the day.


Week 5 football update

Week 5 games (Sept. 28)

Perry-Lecompton 14, Bishop Ward 3
• The Kaws moved to 4-1 as they held Ward to a third-quarter field goal and got touchdowns from junior Mark Higgins on a 67-yard run and a 57-yard pass from junior Shane Gimzo. Junior Neng Artwichai added two extra-point kicks.

Horton 35, Valley Falls 6
• The Dragons dropped to 3-2 as Horton had four 50-yard rushers propel them to a 21-0 halftime lead. Valley Falls’ only score came on a 9-yard run by junior Josh Kearney in the third quarter. Kearney had 14 rushes for 41 yards in the loss.

Troy 47, Oskaloosa 14
• The Bears dropped to 3-2 with their second straight loss as Troy took a 26-6 halftime lead and scored 21 points in the third quarter to put it away. Oskaloosa scored on an 18-yard run from senior Brandon Hawks and an 8-yard pass from freshman Adam Bowser to senior Boone Heston. Junior Trent Newell added a 2-point conversion run.

Holton 42, Jefferson West 0
• Holton took a 28-0 halftime lead as they shut down the Tigers to drop West to 2-3.

McLouth 21, Jackson Heights 20
• The Bulldogs scored 13 points in the fourth quarter to get a comeback win for their first of the season to move to 1-4. The Cobras had an 8-0 lead at halftime but McLouth senior Mark Stewart scored on a 4-yard run in the third quarter and added a 2-point conversion run to tie the game. The Cobras scored to regain the lead but Stewart scored on a 3-yard run in the fourth to retie it. After the Cobras took a 20-14 lead on a touchdown, Stewart cashed in on a 2-yard run to tie it and the Phillip Wnuck extra-point kick won it for the ’Dogs. Stewart ran 18 times for 128 yards and 3 TDs while senior Ryan Smith ran 20 times for 94 yards in the win.

Wathena 36, JCN 7
• JCN fell to 0-5 as Wathena scored 14 unanswered second-half points to pull away for the win. North’s only score came on an 80-yard kickoff return by senior Abe Noll. Senior Vince Foulk added the extra-point kick.


CORRECTION
Last week’s summary of the McLouth-Valley Falls game left out that the Dragons scored a safety on a play by Cameron Bickford and Jordan Busey. Another 2-point conversion that was reported successful for the Dragons actually failed.